- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what requests have been received from universities, individually or collectively, for further financial assistance in 2008-09 and what responses have been given.
Answer
The Scottish Government has not received any requests from universities for further financial assistance in 2008-09. Universities would submit any such requests to the Scottish Funding Council.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations have been (a) closed and (b) disposed of since May 2007.
Answer
Details of changes in the public bodies landscape can be found in the Scottish Government''s Simplification Programme Tracker at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/Simplification-Tracker.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how much expenditure was involved in the preparatory work for its local income tax proposal.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20891 on 6 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expenditure and income of the Scottish Futures Trust has been since its inception.
Answer
These figures will be available after the conclusion of this financial year on 31 March when the Scottish Futures Trust will publish an annual report of its activities together with its audited annual accounts.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the former finance director of Transport Scotland is currently employed by the Scottish Executive or any of its agencies.
Answer
The former Director of Finance and Corporate Services at Transport Scotland is not a current employee of the Scottish Government or any of its agencies.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what projects have been agreed funding by vehicles set up by or under the auspices of the Scottish Futures Trust.
Answer
As we made clear in the Business Case,
Taking forward the Scottish Futures Trust (
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/05/19155435/0), published in May 2008, the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) is unlikely to be a direct funder of projects in the short to medium term. However, SFT will use combinations of expertise, Non-Profit Distributing structures, programme based delivery models, hybrid funding structures, underpinning and aggregation, to be arranger of funding that is cheaper overall than PFI, taking into account all factors including risk and its allocation.
We have already announced that SFT is in the lead in taking forward the hub initiative for shared community services such as healthcare. SFT will manage the two pathfinder areas in the south east and north of Scotland, and the government funding provided for this purpose.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many car parking spaces are available to its staff at each of its main centres of employment and, in each case, whether this number has increased or decreased since May 2007.
Answer
The number of car parking spaces available to staff at each of our main buildings and the changes since May 2007 are as follows.
| Building | Car Parking Spaces | Changes since May 2007 |
| Victoria Quay | 482 | 11 spaces lost due to relining to create disabled parking bays.15 spaces available for staff who car share. |
| St Andrews House | 118 | No Change |
| Saughton House | 346 | 5 spaces lost due to relining to create disabled parking bays. 10 spaces available for staff who car share. |
| Pentland House | 154 | No Change |
| Meridian Court | 11 | No Change |
| Europa Building | 28 | No Change |
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 5 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what subjects were discussed at the meeting between the First Minister and the US Secretary of State.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21578 on 5 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 5 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what engagements the First Minister undertook during his visit to the United States of America; what topics were dealt with in each case, and whether he proposes to make a statement on these matters.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21578 on 5 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 5 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the organisations, groups or agencies that have been awarded funds to participate in the National Conversation, detailing the value and terms of each award.
Answer
The following table shows grants paid to organisations in respect of the National Conversation:
| Organisation | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | Total |
| Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations | £12,043 | £25,830 | - | £37,873 |
| Young Scot | £20,000 | £30,000 | - | £50,000 |
| Council for Ethnic Minority Organisations | - | £2,305 | £8,615 | £10,920 |
The terms of grants to the SCVO and CEMVO were provided under section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
The grant to Young Scot was provided under the Further Education (Approved Associations) (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1989.
Each grant is intended to facilitate discussion about the issues set out in Choosing Scotland''s Future amongst relevant stakeholder organisations and interest groups as a contribution to the National Conversation.
